7.10.12

Wedding in the Lou

Second and last wedding of the year -- this time in St. Louis: Gateway to the West, home of the arch. I've never been to the Midwest and so was delighted to see a lot of particular Midwest-y things, like the Mississippi, lots of industry, toasted ravioli (a St. Louis specialty), and the St. Louis zoo. The arch was actually pretty amazing. And it's true - there were actually an overwhelming number of obese people!

Don and I flew out there on Friday (he qualified as my "plus one" because we live together hehe) and met up with other UD friends and had a pretty intensely good time. I was even further rejuvenated from the Crystal Castles show on Wednesday and finally feel relaxed enough to go back to work on Monday. Maybe my stress-induced scalp flaking will finally go away!

A few of these pictures are my own, but some are taken from friends' collections and -- yes -- the wedding app. The Wedding Party is an app for guests of the wedding to upload pictures to and so allows everyone to have access to the same photo stream. It's actually pretty useful, but as you can imagine it led to some irrelevant uploads (a Bud Light can, pictures of factories, blurry close-ups, etc.).

 Sarah and the wedding party, before the ceremony


 Looking across the Mississippi to Illinois... yuck


 The arch!


Hippos at the zoo

Toasted ravioli. It was meat-filled, though, so I never tried it...

Sarah and Scott (bride and groom)

Reception -- first dance

Sarah's ridiculously well-designed program schedules


End of the ceremony-- the wedding took place at the Missouri Botanical Gardens

Blurry good times with Don and Bill at the reception


Obligatory photo under the arch

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I have to admit, as much as I'm personally against the idea of getting married, it is pretty nice to be around your friends in love...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the beautiful pictures.
You sure do alot in one weekend and back to work on Monday. After 58 years of marriage I affirm that love gets better with the years. I will withhold any other comments.
smile.....Love, MeMa